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Performance & Development Reviews (Employees)

The aim of this module is to help you understand and prepare for your PDR so that you get the most out of it.
After completing this module you will be able to:

Describe what a PDR is

Explain why a PDR matters to you, your manager and the Council

Describe the process and your role in it

Know how to prepare for your PDR

Make a full contribution to the PDR meeting and recognise SMART objectives and their benefits

Know what activities to undertake to follow up on your PDR

Performance & Development Reviews (Managers)

This course is for managers who are responsible for carrying out Performance & Development Reviews (PDR) with their staff.

After completing this module you will be able to:

• Identify the role of PDRs within the context of performance management
• State the benefits of holding effective PDRs for the organisation, the staff member and yourself
• Know the steps to take to prepare for a review with a staff member
• Be aware of the range of skills you require to carry out an effective PDR
• Be confident in setting SMART objectives
• Manage the outcomes of the PDR

Personal Resilience

Welcome to the Personal Resilience module. 

In today's workplace employees are expected to cope with increased pressure, budget cuts, performance targets, changing roles and an uncertainty about the future.

Workplace absences are costing the UK economy 27 billion pounds each year and stress is a big contributing factor.

Personal Resilience can play a key role in how we manage stressful and difficult situations and will help individuals to improve their performance in the workplace as well as having an impact on their health and well-being.

This module is designed to help you understand and think about your own resilience and how it can be improved upon.

Personal Safety

Welcome to Personal Safety at Work. This module is about raising your awareness of personal safety and travelling to work.

Plain English

This module has been created from content used in a long-running training course on plain English.
There a number of exercises in the module, based on real examples taken from the Plain English Campaign's website.

This module's main focus is to outline the basics of plain English. By the end, you will have:

• been introduced to plain English
• had a change to practice writing plain English
  

Presentation Skills

Most of us find the thought of giving a presentation rather nerve-wracking. But if this describes you then don't worry!

You can develop good presentation skills, and this module tells you everything you need to know in order to get it right - from recognising the type of presentation you need to deliver through to combating last minute nerves and dealing with unexpected hitches.

Prevent Awareness

Prevent is the UK government strategy aimed at reducing or eliminating the risk of individuals becoming involved in terrorism. Completing this module will help you to identify signs of radicalisation, and understand when and how to report concerns appropriately. 

Project Management

We believe that a common and consistent approach to the way in which we commission, plan, manage and implement all of our projects will be a key component of successfully delivering the goals laid out in our Corporate Priorities and individual Service Plans.

The purpose of this course is to incorporate recognised industry good practice standards, such as PRINCE2, as well as practical experience and common sense for the successful delivery of a project that is delivered to time, cost and quality.

You will find links throughout the course to relevant documents and templates, a full list of all these appendices can be found alongside this course, before you complete your evaluation.